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Ritchie De Laet on Leicester City's play-off hopes

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It doesn't matter if Leicester City don't keep another clean sheet this season as long as the strikers keep scoring, defender Ritchie De Laet has said.

Despite having one of the best defensive records in the Championship, City have not had a clean sheet for 10 games and face a Crystal Palace side tomorrow who have failed to score in their last five games.

De Laet reckons it is about time City added to their 16 clean sheets already this season at Selhurst Park, but said as long as City can pick up the required victories to ensure a play-off place then it wasn't a concern.

"We have to try and keep a clean sheet because it has been a while since we had one of those," said the Belgian.

"As long as we do that then we only have to score one to win the game.

"But I don't really look at the stats. We have defended well and Kasper Schmeichel has been great for us this season.

"As long as the strikers keep scoring, we will be okay in the last three games."

Tuesday night's victory over Bolton was City's first in 10 games and fired them back into the top six. De Laet said the win had boosted confidence.

"It was a vital victory for us," he said. "It can be tough when the results don't go for you but the gaffer has been telling us we have been doing well and we had to take positives out of every game.

"He is an experienced manager and he handled it well. As players, we look up to him.

"The confidence was always there. You don't become a poor team overnight. We knew we had the qualities from before that.

"It was just good to get that win finally. In those games against Brighton and Birmingham, we conceded in the last minutes but Tuesday we were able to grind it out."

Only three points separate Brighton in fourth and Nottingham Forest in eighth as the race for the play-offs hots up, making the last three games huge events for City.

De Laet said all the players were relishing the big occasions. "You want to play in these games," he said.

"It could come down to the last game at Forest and that would be incredible. But, if we can do the business before that against Palace and Watford, then even better."

Ritchie De Laet on Leicester City's play-off hopes


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